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2010年11月2日 星期二

A lesson is repeated until learned

不斷的學習,直到有所領悟

(Genie)

西洋諺語說:不幸的事情總會不斷重演,直至有所領悟為止


(Kay)
該學的功課是逃不掉的^^in another words^^






學到一個教訓 learn one's lesson
to suffer a bad experience and know not to do it again
有過不好的經歷而且知道不要再重蹈覆策

I got horribly drunk once at college and that was enough - I learnt my lesson.
我在大學時曾醉的很嚴重,那足夠讓我學到一次教訓

學到一課
an experience which teaches you how to behave better in a similar situation in the future
曾有過的經驗
教你如何在未來遇到類似的情況中做的更好

We can learn important lessons (= gain new understanding) from everything.
我們可以在每件事中學到東西

2010年11月1日 星期一

話說太滿

famous last words
said when someone makes a definite statement which is shown very soon, and in an embarrassing way, to be wrong
意思是說
有人說了很自信滿滿的話,不久後,很難堪的發現說錯了



He said the train is always on time.
Famous last words! It was delayed by an hour.
他很有自信的說這班火車每次都會準時,結果誤點了一個小



(Genie)
John says he will working as leader of class on this semester. Famous last words.The classmates have never elected him to be leader of class.
約翰很有把握的說這學期他一定會當班長。結果班上同學都沒選他為班長



(Kay)
John said he wouldl be (or he would work as) leader of class...but it turned out no one elected him to be leader of class! Famous last words!


I told him categorically that we could never be anything more than friends. Famous last words! Within a few months we were engaged.




come up with goods (deliver the goods)


to produce what is wanted
What they promise sounds impressive enough - let's see if they come up with the goods.